Shoe-shine stand



Aug. 2l, 1923. 3,465,450

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Application inea nny 12, 1922. serial No. 574,434.-

To all whom it .may concern Be it lcnown that I, PHILIP MARQUA, a

citizen of the United States, residing at` St. Louis, State of Missouri,have invented lcertain new and Vuseful Improvements in ments in shoe-shine stands,`and consists in at low cost.

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the novel features of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims. i

The object of the present invention is to combine in a single stand a jfoot-rest anda box for the Shoe-shining supplies, the former being housed in thelatterwhen not in use, but comingrinto operative position when the box is opened. A further object is to pro? vide a device of this character that is simple, but substantial, and that may be constructed Further advantages will'be better apparent from a detailed description of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is an end` elevation of the stand with the foot-rest housed inside of the closed box; Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the stand with the box open, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a planV view of the stand with the box open; Fig. 4 is a vertical Zigzag section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and'Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the hinged connection` of one box section with the foot-rest support.

Referring to the drawings, 1, 1, represents the side walls of the stand, each of which is provided with` legs 1, 1, and bev eled edges 2, 2, connecting the top and side edges. The sides 1, 1 are connected by aV bridge member 3 fitted into a vertically disposed groove L at the center of said sides 1 1, and by bottom members 4, 4 secured in transverse grooves o, I) in the sides some distance below the bridge member 3, said members 4, 4 being spaced apart at the center of the sides 1,

The bridge member 3 is provided with vertically disposed openings o, o spaced apart and spaced from the sides 1, 1, and

Vrods 5, 5 are adapted to traverse these openings, said rods having .a footrest 6 secured to their upper ends-anda bar 7 secured to their lower ends between nuts n, n', the ends of the bar 7 being fitted into grooves a, a in the endwalls 1, 1 wherein they are adapt- 1 by the width ofA tioned between the end walls 1, 1, and the inner walls 8, 8 of said box sections have hinge pins 9, 9 secured to their upper edges. A hinge plate 10 havingpeyes 11, 11 is passed over each rod 5 and is clamped to bar 7 by each of the nuts fa, n, the pin 9 of box section A traversing eyes 11 of the hinge plates, and the pin 9 of box section A traversing eyes 11 of said plate thereby securing said sections to the bar 7 in hinged relation. To permit the eyes 11, 11

of. the hinge plate 10 to envelope the hinge pin 9, 9, the walls 8, 8 are each provided. with a notch 12 in their upper edges oppo* site said hinge plate.

By virtue o the hinged connection between the box sections A, A Vand bar 7 and the sliding movement of said bar, it will be apparent (Fig. 2)v that it the sectionsl are swung upwardly from an open position to a closed position (Fig. 1) the hinge plate 10 will move downwardly, bar 7 Vsliding freely in grooves a, a and the lower edges e, c ot the sections moving outwardly along the bottom members 4, 4 until the sections A, A are in a vertical position, at which time the ends 13, 13 of the sections will come together to forni the top of the closed stand.

lThe side walls 1, 1 are beveled oi at the corners to permit the edges 13, 13 to clear the side walls readily when the box sections are being thrown open for use. Triangular blocks 14, 14 are secured to sides of the sections A, A adjacent the ends 13, 13 tor the purpose or lling out the corners of the walls 1, 1 when the sections A, A are closed (Fig. 1).

When the sections A, A are opened out, the bar 7 will be raised in the grooves a, a, moving the rods 5, 5 upwardly and bringinor the foot-rest 6 in position for use.

aving described my invention, I claim:

1. A shoe-shining stand comprising a pair of side members, a bridge member connecting said side members, a foot-rest projecting upwardly from said bridge member, a bar slidably mounted between said side members and connected to said foot-rest, and a pair of box sections'hinged to said bar.

2. A shoe-shining stand comprising a pair of'side members a bridge member connecting said side members, a foot-rest projecting upwardly from the bridge member and slidably mounted therein', and a pair of box rest secured to the rods :it one endend a' sectionsrcooperatively Vconnected in hinged A relation with the foot-rest.

3. A shoe-shining stand Comprising-a pzrir vof side members, a bridge member connecting said side members, a Vpair of rods slid'- lngly mount-ed in the bridge member, p, foot 4. A .s hoefshilimg stand comprrlslrrig arpalr of side members, L bridge inembsicopneetirigsald side members, a bar slidably mount'- ed between said side members,a `foot-rest projectingiipvr'dlyrom'the bridge mem-V Y ber @rid secured to said bar, and apair of box seetns hinged to said bridge.'

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